In the spring of 1996, a small group of about seven young people began to meet together in a prayer group to dream about a church in the Central Square neighborhood of Cambridge, MA. Rev. Soong-Chan Rah, formerly a campus staff worker with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at MIT, had been commissioned by New Covenant Fellowship Church in Maryland to plant a church in the Boston area. This ethnically diverse group of individuals met throughout the spring and summer of 1996 in preparation for the inaugural service in September of 1996. Cambridge Community Fellowship Church (CCFC) emerged out of that small group and held it's first service on Sunday, September 1st, 1996.

From that group of seven people, CCFC grew to two services and over 350 worshippers in its first six years. CCFC has drawn from many of the colleges and universities in the area as well as drawing working young adults and couples from the Cambridge/Boston area. From its inception, CCFC has sought to live out the values of Scripture, Worship & Prayer, Community, Outreach, Social Justice & Urban Missions, and World Missions. The Central Square neighborhood was chosen for it's many opportunities to reach the urban community of Cambridge, MA. The purpose of CCFC was to live as the Body of Christ and it's implication of incarnation, service, outreach, justice, and compassion in the city of Cambridge.

Over the years, CCFC has been involved in serving senior citizens at Vernon Hall Nursing Home, working with neighborhood children through Vacation Bible School and Children's Church outreach, helping prepare high school youth for college through the Higher Education Resource Center, and reaching at-risk youth through partnerships with the Boston Ten-Point Coalition, Boston Youth Organizing Project, and the Ella J. Baker House. We have seen the birthing of a new church planting effort from CCFC - a church plant in the Washington D.C. area led by former CCFC staff, Pastor Matthew Lee.